Beijing, Day 27
While the House of Switzerland is slowly disappearing and the students packing and counting the equipment, the author of these lines had the great idea to go to the Mega Olympic Store to buy a small souvenir for the "César Ritz" team. I thought: "Monday morning, Olympics over, the place will be deserted and everything on 50% sale", but it seems that about 2000 other people had the same great idea. With Nicholas' and Trude's help, risking our lives, I managed to secure 15 mugs, pens and BeiBeis or JingJings (the official mascots) for tonight's final outing as the first team members will leave Beijing tomorrow to go straight back to work.
In our taxi on the way back I read the charming Beijing restaurant guide, which is giving the reader a good idea what to expect eating out in this city. Here are some examples...
...this teppanyaki restaurant boasts chefs who speak both English and Japanese, as well as a good range of Sushi. (Asakuma) ...you like things that go bump in the night? (Whale Inside Dark) ...Cantonese delicacies also include shark’s fin soup and abalone, but we’d avoid these dishes for their environmental unfriendliness (the Farm House) The café must have something to do with books, since it is called "Bookworm Café" (could also have something to do with worms???).
The next day: everything gone over night!!!
Honeymoon price for you!!! The directorof the HoS, Manuel Salchli, is selling the house.
With the help of such an efficient guide we choose to reserve a table at "WISH", restaurant, bar and lounge, for the last supper, and after a great meal full of memories most team members still had the energy to go out for a drink (or two). It was good to have them all together for the last time. Looking into their faces and listening to the last weeks' adventures I knew that all of them were already infected with the "Olympic-HoS-Virus" and would have signed without hesitation for Vancouver or London, despite the weeks of hard work they just put behind them. CK
For the last time united:
The "César Ritz Colleges" Team at the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Not for the tender-hearted: The battle at the Olympic shop
In our taxi on the way back I read the charming Beijing restaurant guide, which is giving the reader a good idea what to expect eating out in this city. Here are some examples...
...this teppanyaki restaurant boasts chefs who speak both English and Japanese, as well as a good range of Sushi. (Asakuma) ...you like things that go bump in the night? (Whale Inside Dark) ...Cantonese delicacies also include shark’s fin soup and abalone, but we’d avoid these dishes for their environmental unfriendliness (the Farm House) The café must have something to do with books, since it is called "Bookworm Café" (could also have something to do with worms???).
The next day: everything gone over night!!!
Honeymoon price for you!!! The directorof the HoS, Manuel Salchli, is selling the house.With the help of such an efficient guide we choose to reserve a table at "WISH", restaurant, bar and lounge, for the last supper, and after a great meal full of memories most team members still had the energy to go out for a drink (or two). It was good to have them all together for the last time. Looking into their faces and listening to the last weeks' adventures I knew that all of them were already infected with the "Olympic-HoS-Virus" and would have signed without hesitation for Vancouver or London, despite the weeks of hard work they just put behind them. CK
For the last time united:The "César Ritz Colleges" Team at the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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